Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

As victors, Britain, France and the United States faced an enormous challenge: how to agree the peace terms for a war ... Photos courtesy of Getty Images. WW1: Can the Treaty of Versailles help ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...